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Saturday, March 10, 2012

Back Pocket

One of our (local) fabulous CZTs stopped by yesterday morning. She is working with teachers to use Zentangle to help students relax and focus before taking tests.

One of the many profound stories she relayed was that students she had worked with were comforted merely knowing they had Zentangle to fall back on, to "have in their back pocket" when things went awry.

We've heard many stories about how comforting creating a Zentangle tile can be. For these students, just knowing it was there was a comfort, too.

Very cool!

Click image to see larger version of the tile Maria created in celebration of this story.

First, LOVE that tile!!! Brilliant idea! Why don't I think of these things??? Very glad someone with a generous spirit does!

Stress reliever, you bet. Since October we've moved, had two deaths in the family and a health issue, and my husband is trying to get a new business off the ground - all major stressors. Maybe that's why I'm doing so much tangling these day! Besides the fact that I just love it.

Very creative tile. However, since this post was titled "Back Pocket", I expected it to be a tangled back pocket. Wouldn't that be a great idea to literally have a tangle ON your back pocket as well as "in your back pocket".

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